Ms Lee said: "It's a very difficult situation and I know the council is doing what they can."

She said customers often suggested culling the birds, but Ms Lee was unsure if that was a long-term solution.

"It would be great if the council could investigate other solutions that have proven successful.

"I'm sure Glenelg is not the only place with this problem."

Cibo Glenelg manager Ihsan Amir-Lang said the pigeons were "dirtying" the square.

"Our umbrellas really cop it from their poo," he said.

"And if we leave a dish on a table for too long they are all over it, they even smash glasses.

"We need some form of pest control but what that is exactly I really don't know."

Moseley Square regular Blake Burford said pigeons often tried to steal his food as he sat down to eat.

"If it gets worse, the council could look at culling them," the Glenelg East resident said.

A Holdfast Bay Council spokeswoman said numerous measures had been implemented to attempt to minimise the impact of pigeons in the area.

These included trapping and relocation, spikes and wires on building ledges, netting in areas where people sat and the use of a bird deterrent gel, she said.

`Do not feed the birds' signs are installed in Moseley Square to help educate and discourage visitors to the area from feeding pigeons because that only serves to attract them to the area because of the easily available source of food," she said.

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